Jan 22, 2021 | Articles/E-Alerts
In the recent case of Graham v. Check, No. WAP 2019 ( Pa. Dec. 22, 2020) a 5-2 majority of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court reinterpreted the when the sudden emergency “defense” can be applied in a pedestrian-vehicle accident. Prior to Graham, the sudden...
Nov 30, 2020 | Articles/E-Alerts
In a fact specific analysis, a Montgomery County Common Pleas Judge ruled in Erie Insurance Exchange v. Montesano, No. 2016-13318 (C.P. Montg. Co. Sept. 1, 2020 Rogers, J.), that Christiana Montesano, an adult daughter who lived periodically in various...
Nov 24, 2020 | Articles/E-Alerts
In Conti v. Erie Insurance Exchange, (Schuylkill County 09/25/20), Judge Russell upheld a “regular use” exclusion in the Erie policy. The plaintiff was operating a police vehicle during his employment as a police officer. He was responding to an accident scene when...
Oct 13, 2020 | Articles/E-Alerts
The Federal Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania recently held that National General’s household vehicle exclusion was invalid even when two different insurance carriers’ underinsured motorist coverage (UIM) policies were involved. National General...
Sep 22, 2020 | Articles/E-Alerts
In Wilson v. Matas, No. 10067 of 2020, C.A. (C.P. Lawrence Co. June 3, 2020, Moto, P.J.), the Court sustained Preliminary Objections to strike claims for punitive damages. After a rear-end motor vehicle accident, Defendant admitted to the police that she was not...
